cold deck

American  

noun

Cards Slang.

1. a pack with the cards in prearranged order, secretly exchanged for the one in use; stacked deck.

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Etymology

Origin of cold deck

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

You always had in mind the fact that all these guys were in foxholes someplace or sitting out on some cold deck somewhere.

From Time Magazine Archive

They couldn’t cold deck anybody on the rural free delivery routes.

From Young Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph

Blair has rung in a cold deck on us.

From The Sheriff's Son by Raine, William MacLeod

We played a short time after my return, and on my deal I called their attention to something, and at the same time came up with the "cold deck."

From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by Devol, George H.

"O, duplicate's something that you ring in on a feller like a cold deck."

From Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys by McElroy, John